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How discrimination and stressful events affect the health of our Indigenous kids

  • Written by: Tom Calma, Adjunct Professor, Australian National University
imageIndigenous kids experience more major life events than non-Indigenous kids, and this can affect their health. Rusty Stewart/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Footprints in Time, or its more formal title, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), is approaching its tenth year of collecting data from around 1,700 Indigenous children, their families and...

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Deaths at Dreamworld theme park could lead to safety changes for amusement rides

  • Written by: David Eager, Assistant Student Ombud and Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Investigations are under way following the tragic accident at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast on Tuesday that left four people dead.

Queensland Police say initial investigations show that six people were on board one of the rafts on the Thunder River Rapids ride when it “impacted” with another raft. This caused the raft to...

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Business Briefing: being funny with customers

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageJoking around with customers can improve satisfaction, as long as its the right jokes!Zeetz Jones/Flickr, CC BY-SA

As part of a research team, Christine Mathies from the University of New South Wales Business School stood outside a suburban retailer (who had volunteered to be part of the study) and quizzed customers who came out on their experience...

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Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

Here’s a quick politics quiz. Who said this?

Australia has a major stake in the fossil fuel industries… Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and the fifth largest exporter of LNG. We have just below one-tenth of the world’s known coal reserves. Coal has been a major contributor to our nation’s prosperity...

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  3. A Trump presidency could bring a range of economic disasters
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  5. Robert Manne: How we came to be so cruel to asylum seekers
  6. Looking Back at Italy 1992: Internet Politics comes of age
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  8. What causes mind blanks during exams?
  9. 'He' vs 'she' in Australian media coverage: what the language of news tells us about gender imbalance
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  11. Piketty challenges us to consider if we need to rein in wealth inequality
  12. Why sugar is so much worse for teenagers' brains
  13. Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights
  14. Senate committee on ABS #CensusFail still points to basic failures on IBM's part
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  16. How is the American President elected?
  17. Brandis mishandles a fight he should never have had
  18. How can doctors use technology to help them diagnose?
  19. Melanesia's oceans are worth US$5.4 billion but are at environmental crossroads
  20. Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia's most radical reform of local government
  21. Paid parental leave plan ignores economics of well-functioning families
  22. Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
  23. Women's alcohol consumption catching up to men: why this matters
  24. Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it
  25. Behind the scenes: creative commons publishing
  26. Reducing food waste could put birds and animals at risk
  27. Challenging the ‘birthright lottery’ can provide a better way to view refugees
  28. The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world
  29. Asian home buyers less likely to default on their mortgage: study
  30. There’s no ‘Mars curse’ – it's just very hard to land there
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  42. Spectacular cost blowouts show need to keep governments honest on transport
  43. Does CCTV footage help or hinder the reduction of violence against women?
  44. Buggered if I know where I am: the stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
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